Please mark your calendars. The Steller Garden Club is having a plant sale on May 17th. It will be from 6:30- 8pm. Steller students have started growing vegetables, herbs, and flowers for your summer gardens.

We are looking for a band who would could provide entertainment. Please contact us if you are interested.

We also need some people to help cook, during the day on May 17th, so we can provide you with food to enjoy while you listen to music and pick out your plants.

Proceeds from our plant sale will go to help The Ara Project. It is a conservation program in Costa Rica is working to breed and reintroduce Scarlet and Great Green Macaws back into the rainforest where they have become severely endangered.

If you can help cook, set up, clean up, or perform with your band, please contact us!

Amy Holonics and Maya Heubner 562-3966 (home) 250-0450 (cell) billamy@gci.net email

Hello there, A digital projector is needed for my passage. I am doing a passage on cinematography, and I’m making a 15 minute video. A digital projector is needed that I can connect to my computer for a sequence in my video, and I would really appreciate it if I could borrow one to take home for a day or two. I will be very careful and return it as soon as possible. My email is bborer24@gmail.com. Thank you very much!
Bergen B

Steller Parent Group Meeting Notes

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Attending: John Stahl, Irina Morozova, Colleen Bickford, Sherry Borer, Anne McCarron, Dale Evern, Victoria Weidel, Rebecca Johnson, Wendy Woolf, Ken Varee, Haleigh Brannon, Michelle Brannon, Sharon Holland, Wright Franklin, Rochelle Wilhelm, Patti Randlett,   H.  Kai Holland, Rebecca Marin, Dorothy Pickles, Jennifer Hall Jones,

February Meeting Minutes approved; no changes to the agenda.

Old Business

Ice Cream Social – Jennifer Hall Jones acknowledged the Ice Cream Social was a smashing success. Dale commented that our students were well-prepared and very good representatives; tours were well done. Ken mentioned there was no advertisement on KSKA, but good outreach to alternative schools.  Take away – next year, start even earlier with feeder schools.

Donation to Glavinic Family – unanimous agreement to donate $400 to Glavinic Family to help with medical expenses.  Money to come from the Sunshine Fund and Special Projects to cover what the Sunshine can’t.

Transition to treasurer – Jennifer welcomed Sherry Borer as new Treasurer and reported that Heidi Smith is no longer available to help with the audit for the new treasurer, so she solicited ideas from the group for obtaining an Audit for benefit of our new treasurer.  Wendy suggested we go through parent volunteer list first and everyone agreed.  Goal is to have the audit done by the beginning of next school year.

Website/Flash Update – Rebecca reported the Steller Flash is now back up and running; Susan Mitchell (and her sister who lives out of state) helped with clean up, installation of new security measures, and recommended that we hire someone to help with technical issues.  Dale asked about classes to train others on how to perform this work.  A question came up about who can post on the Flash Website and Rebecca indicated that there are multiple individuals who have access, including Elizabeth Wood who is leaving.  Dale reminded us that there is a potential mandated alignment of school websites – which would be more limiting for us.

Follow up to proposal to Ad Board about moving to 2 All Community Meetings (ACM) Rochelle re proposal to Ad Board – the kids were in favor! Rochelle also noted that our By-laws still call for 1 ACM per semester, however because the election of parent representatives is held in the Fall we might need to do the elections or at least nominations in the Spring to accommodate the need  to have time to develop relevant and thoughtful goals for the Fall ACM.  General suggestions were raised: Ad Board should be the lead on ACM’s with Parent Group happy to assist; need to come with ideas to the ACM, not develop them during the ACM; Parent Group could provide an outline for mock ACM; Create a subcommittee to give ideas to Ad Board and students could discuss this at Ad Board; need to get agendas out ahead of time so people are informed; kids need to help lead the ACM focus with parents helping to do event planning; It was noted that all 3 groups – parents, students, faculty – are represented on Ad Board, but currently poor attendance is systemic.

By-Laws Revision – Jennifer explained that we needed to change the wording in the current by-laws that were last revised in 2008 – they don’t reflect today’s practice.  Wendy Woolf moved that we take draft revisions to Ad Board to solicit their input before finalizing in our April meeting. Rebecca Martin seconded motion, motion passed.

New Business

Steller Gear Funding for Coalition of Essential Schools – Rochelle gave a report on T-shirt Fundraiser for CES; Rebecca Martin proposed we forward-fund $1300 – 1500 for merchandise; Parent Group would fund up front cost; we don’t know actual cost of merchandise; proceeds would go to Coalition of Essential School; also a suggestion that we make a grant to CES, but need to hear all proposals first.

• Proposal 1 – Wright Franklin – requesting up to $600 for passages for music and recording equipment that he would use for his passages project and then give the equipment to Steller.  Equipment to include a dynamic microphone, stand, audio interface, and MAC book with software for recording.  Dale thought we could use for lending purposes to students for their use on various musical projects and it could be used in music intensive planned next year.
• Proposal 2 – Anne McCarron requesting up to $300 to feed ~ 80 kids who will spend one day at the BP Energy Center, for ‘Sophomore Day’ – mandatory one day of learning on topics including aspects of healthy relationships, sexuality, and gender issues.
• Proposal 3 – John Stahl – requested up to $600 to acquire new devices and materials for ACT & SAT scoring programs and analysis (Book – Paying for College; Annual subscription to Western Association of College Counselors; Membership to National Association of Colleges).  Rebecca Martin thought we might have supported counselling earlier this year and would go back and check; Wendy suggested that John bring back a cost breakdown and he agreed to do that.
• Proposal 4 – Rebecca Martin requested $90 to reimburse Mary Shallart/pianist.
• Proposal 5 -Dale had 3 requests:  1) $150 to purchase Costco pizzas for next ACM; 2) $750 to feed about 350 people on Activity Day the last week of school, cost includes portables.  Since Op Group gets $$ from the vending machines, Jennifer suggested we split this one with OP Group.

At 7:35PM, Dorothy motioned that we push on until 8:00PM; motion approved.

• Dale’s #3) requested $1800 to purchase 18 i-PAD covers, for the new equipment purchased for teachers.

Wendy offered motions to approve: Wright Franklin $600, $300 for Sophomore Day, $90 for pianist, and $150 for pizza for next ACM – motions unanimously approved. Dale withdrew his $1800 request for now. Rebecca made a motion to loan CES $2000 for t-shirts and a grant for $1000, which was amended after discussion – only $1000 grant was approved.  See below.

Unallocated funds for Parent Group as of March 6, 2013

Balance:                                     $14,650

Travel Scholarships                         – 5,000

Peer Taught Passages            -2,000

CES                                                -2,000

Balance to give:                        $5,650

Cushion                                    -1,800

Left to Allocate :                        $3,850

-    540 (300 Sophomore Day +150 pizza + 90 pianist)

$ 3,310

-    375 (Activity Day in May 2013)

$2, 935 available to give for special projects/general fund monies.  This amount is subject to change pending review of accounts by treasurer.

From the CES fund we allocated:

-  $1,000 CES grant/loan to help buy t-shirts upfront(leaving $1,000, as we budgeted $2,000 in Jan. 2013)

From Peer Taught and Passages fund we allocated

-     $600 (Franklin Wright musical equipment) (leaving $1,400 as we budgeted $2,000 in Jan. 2013):

Scheduling orientation and auction for 2013-14 school year discussion – tabled by Jennifer.

Reports – Dale reported on efforts with Mike Henry to inventory /replace with new equipment; attendance call process is working well.  Selling DVD’s from Talent Show for $20 (thanks to Galen Eggelston) “Memories for Life.”

Dorothy moved to adjourn at 8:00 p.m.

The senior class is still in need of volunteers for the following shifts:

9:30pm-2:00am,

and 2:00am-6:00am.

We are very short on parent volunteers for these times, and would really appreciate it if anyone could help out. If we don’t have enough volunteers by Wednesday morning, the Overnighter will be canceled. You can contact either Seth and Ashton (ashtonrcurry@hotmail.com/907-529-9503) Seth Eggleston (seth.eggleston@gmail.com/907-717-3463) or the office (742-4950). Thank you!

To Seniors and Parents of Seniors:
The Steller Sophomore Class invites you, the Graduating Class of 2013—and your parents—to the Steller Senior Breakfast on Wednesday, April 24th from 7:30-8:30am in the MPR.

We hope to see you there!

 

  Be at the Viking Hall

  Sat. April 27th 8pm – Midnight

  Tickets $20.ea or $35.for 2

  Guest Sign Up in Office until April 23^rd 3:00 pm (NO Exceptions)

 The Guest sign up book is open in the office Monday, April 15, closing on Tuesday, April 23rd at 3:00 pm (NO EXCEPTIONS). DO NOT WAIT TO SIGN UP YOUR GUESTS!!!!!  Students please remember when signing up your guests you MUST Fill Out ALL Information correctly and completely in order for your guest to attend.   Students and Guests who have ANY outstanding fines must have them paid in full 24 hours prior to the dance for processing.

 Office Policies for Paying Fines and Fees

1.  You must have exact payment amount as the office does not make change.

2.  Fines for dances must be paid at least 24 hours prior to the dance for processing.

3.  Payment days and hours are as follows:  Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays,   7:30 – 8:30am, 11:45a – 12:40p, and 2:05 – 3:30 pm 

4.  We only accept cash or checks.  We unfortunately do not accept credit cards.

AG Announcements – 4/15/13

• International lawn and field game students: Please get your class fee of $45 in to the office by Wednesday.
• Students in Danielle’s community service intensive should attend a brief, mandatory meeting today at the start of lunch. Garden club members should attend too.
• Bike to School Day, like the popular city-wide Bike to Work Day, is part of National Bike Month. We hope to encourage students to explore an active alternative for getting to school and promote bicycling safety. Planning for Bike to School Day is well underway. I’m pleased to announce that the crew at The Bike Shop – Dimond will be sponsoring a bike safety carnival on May 4 — the Saturday before Bike to School Day on May 8th. Sign up for bike to school day in the gym. All participants will bike to school on May 8 and give the number of miles they biked to the Bike to School coordinator, Troy.
• There will be a Sophomore meeting this Tuesday at noon in Leigh Ann’s room. The topic for discussion is the Senior breakfast. Be there. Gym will be closed so you might as well go to the meeting.
• Those of you that signed up as interested in the European Tour in May of 2014 or would like to but didn’t, need to come to Svetlana’s portable today at noon. We will be discussing venues and costs.
• There will be a pyrography meeting Wednesday at noon in Gerald’s room.
• Winter 2013 Intensive to San Diego…there will be a meeting for everyone interested in going on the Winter 2013 Intensive to San Diego today in the MPR at lunch.
• Today is the first day of our Spring Fling Food Drive. All food needs to be brought to your advisement class so it can be collected and weighed. The goal is 2,000 pounds in 10 days. During our last food drive for the Alaska Food Bank we collected just short of 2,000 pounds…this time we should be able to reach our goal.
• Nurse Anne wants to thank all the sophomores for being so courteous to the speakers Friday at Sophomore Day. She appreciates your attentiveness and good manners, as well as your constructive input after the presentations. Thank you for representing Steller so well.

Hi All,
We are having an Open Mic Nite in Teen Underground Thursday, May 2, 6-8pm. This is an open call for musicians, poets, and spoken word artists from middle and high schools to show off their talent. The event will take place in Teen Underground of the Loussac Library. This is an awesome opportunity for middle and high school students to perform!

Open Mic Night

For additional information, you can contact Candace Blas, Learning Lab Coordinator at the Loussac Library. Phone 907.343.2893 or email blascm@muni.org